Milk Producers Back Distributors in OPS Price Dispute
Winchester area milk producers met with County Agent I Fred Stine to form a committee to work with local distributors and their attorneys to challenge OPS price rulings. The group plans a Richmond conference with OPS officials and includes Dabney Watts and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester-Frederick County
I. Fred Stine
Richmond
A. B. Solenberger
G. H. Hough
M. G. Hannum
N. B. Shingleton
Sanitary Dairy
Paul M. Haldeman
Halde
Haldeman Creamery
Stine
Virginia State Milk Commission
Shenandoah Valley
Winchester Milk Producers Association
New Polio Preventive To Be Tested This Summer
A new polio prevention method using antibodies to attack the virus in the blood before it reaches nerves will be tested on children this summer. Researchers Bodian and Horstmann reported monkeys’ results likely apply to humans and the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis backs the work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton L. Blakesleep
New York
Federation of American Societies For Experimental Biology
David Bodian
Johns Hopkins University
Dorothy M. Horstmann
Yale
National Foundation For Ince Paralysis
Truman to Confer With Governors After Inspecting Flood Ravages
President Truman visits flood damaged Middle America and plans talks with seven state governors on relief and rebuilding. He will tour Omaha and Council Bluffs to assess dikes and levees while Army Engineers bolster defenses amid a record Missouri crest and mass evacuations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Omaha
Nebr
Middle America
Missouri River
Missouri
Council Bluffs
Bluffs
Mississippi
Omaha Council Bluffs
Dakotas
Nebraska
Iowa
Lewis A. Pick
Army Engineers
Fifth Army
Kansas
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Red River
Murphy Nominated Ambassador To Japan by Truman
President Truman nominates Robert D Murphy of Milwaukee to be the first postwar ambassador to Japan. Murphy, then ambassador to Belgium, was chosen after signing the Japanese peace treaty destined to take effect April 28. The treaty requires ratification by seven of twelve signatory nations for full effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Robert D Murphy
Milwaukee
Truman
Japan
Senate
Murphy
Belgium
U. S
Sadao Iguchi
Pearl Harbor
San Francisco
State Department
US battle casualties in Korea rise to 107371
Washington reports U S battle casualties in Korea at 107371, an increase of 237 since last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U. S
Korea
Four Colleges Name Representatives To Local Apple Fete
Virginia and West Virginia schools select four princesses for the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival Queen’s Court. Miss Nina Warren heads the court as Miss Apple Blossom XXV, with representatives from West Virginia University, Mary Washington College, Stuart Hall and Greenbrier College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anita Joyce Dolan
Peggy Card Sherman
West Virginia University
Mary Washington College
Frances Stuart Timberlake
Stuart Hall
Mildred Adele Heath
Greenbrier College
Virginia
West Virginia
Nina “Honey Bear” Warren
Earl Dolan
Ronceverte
W. Va
Morgantown
J. H. Sherman
Agusta
University of Virginia At
Fredericksburg
W. B. Timberlake, Jr
Staunton
F. B. Heath, Jr
Kansas City
Lewisburg
Air Force Struggles to Recruit Top Combat Crews First Time
Senate testimony shows the Air Force cannot field enough top quality officers and airmen to man combat aircraft for the first time. Finletter warns against cutting flying crews pay while sitdown strikes surface at Randolph and Mather bases. Col Carl Goldenberg reports nine airmen requested grounding. eight are married with children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Force
Edwin B. Harkinson
Washington
Senate Armed Services
Finletter
Senate
Adm
William M. Fechteler
Naval Operations
Navy
Fin‘etter
Hoyt
Vanden
Oberg
Randolph Air Base
San Antonio
Tex
Mather Air Base
California
Traux Field
Madison
Wis
Carl Goldenberg
78Th Air Base Squadron
Goldenberg
U S Fighter Bombers Hit Rail Lines in North Korea
U S fighter bombers cut North Korean rail lines in 52 locations near Sariwon and Haeju. They reported 27 enemy KIA in the strikes, plus destruction of two anti aircraft guns and six field pieces. The air mission used F-86 Sabres under heavy cloud cover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. McArthur
Seoul
U. S
Fifth Air Force
Sariwon
Haeju
North Korea
Jasper Named Lions Club Head in Winchester
Robert Jasper was elected president of the Winchester Lions Club at a George Washington Hotel luncheon. Officers to take duties July 1 include Charles Campbell first vice president Gus Cahill second vice president J Tom Boyd secretary Merhle Slifer treasurer William Hollis lion tamer Charles Dorton tail twister Dabney Watts. Two year board directors Roy Harper Fred Ritter. one year directors Earl Mason Cecil Adams L B Soper Howard Shockey. holdover Bernard Groves Paul E Anderson. The boys and girls committee may sponsor a Little Baseball League team for 8 to 12 year olds. Dr William C Beatty welcomed as a new member. FOR RENT Office space over Newberrys currently occupied by Social Security Hables Real Estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Jasper
Winchester Lions Club
George Washington Hotel
Charles Campbell
Gus Cahill
J. Tom Boyd
Merhle Slifer
William Hollis
Charles Dorton
Dabney Watts
Roy Harper
Fred Ritter
Earl Mason
Cecil Adams
L. B. Soper
Howard Shockey
Bernard Groves
Paul E. Anderson
Little Baseball League
William C. Beatty
Newberry's
Social Security
Hable
Doak Led Riot As 68 Convicts Hold NJ Print Shop
A life term inmate August Bernard Doak and 67 followers continued a riot at New Jersey State Prison in Trenton. They barricaded the print shop, held four guards hostage, endured hunger, while Gov. Driscoll ordered officials to review the disturbance and wardens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
N. J
New Jersey
Bernard Doak
Doak
Alfred E. Driscoll
Driscoll
William H. Carty
Monument Planned for Gen Daniel Morgan in Winchester
Winchester to unveil a six foot eight inch granite memorial with a two foot bust of General Daniel Morgan. The monument, tied to the Bicentennial observance, is a joint project of the Winchester Frederick County Historical Society the local DAR chapter and the Winchester Lions Club. A $2000 fund drive begins mid May to fund the memorial which will stand behind the grave slab of Morgan, hero of Cowpens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Morgan
Winchester
Battle of Cowpens
Howard C. Browne
Robert Yerby
Ronald Wilson
The
Historical Society
J. Howard Cather
Jules Bernd
DAR
James R. Snider
P. G. Ireland
Hoye Riley
President Truman to Review Flood Control Demands
President Truman arrived in Omaha after surveying flood damage in the Midwest and said he would review Congress demands for a national flood control program including flood insurance. He met governors from seven Midwestern states to plan quick action and emphasized the need for an overall river control program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Nebr
Truman
Midwest
Congress
Independence
Washington
Stephenson Lad Finds Another Bank Balloon
George Nixon Jr son of Mr and Mrs Nixon of Stephenson found another balloon released by Shenandoah Valley National Bank on March 20 this is the third located. The first two were found in Delaware and the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Nixon found it while walking near his home on Friday. Forty seven balloons remain unaccounted for with each worth one dollar upon return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Nixon, Jr
Nixon
Stephenson
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Delaware
Maryland
Young Nixon
For Rent Office Space Immediate Occupancy
For rent office space available immediately located at 22 North Braddock contact phone 7511.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Braddock
Miller filing fee sets stage for Byrd challenge in Virginia
Francis Pickens Miller of Charlottesville paid the $250 filing fee for the Democratic primary July 15 to challenge Senator Byrd. Miller, a 56 year old veteran of World War I and a former Rhodes Scholar, has led opposition to the Byrd Democratic organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Francis Pickens Miller
Charlottesville
Byrd
Miller
Byrd Miller
Eisenhower
Europe
Governor Battle
Robert Whitehead
Nelson County
Martin A. Hutchinson
Byrd Democratic Organization
Middlesboro
Virginia
Girbridge County
Washington and Lee University
Oxford University
England
Rhodes
France
Student Christian Federation
Council of Foreign Relations
New York
U. S
Fairfax County
City Democrats Pick Delegates To District State Conventions
Winchester voters named a committee of delegates and alternates for the 7th District Democratic Convention in Harrisonburg on May 3 and the Virginia State Convention in Roanoke on July 17. A certified list was sent to District Secretary C. M. Shannon, naming many individuals including H. F. Byrd Jr., Burr P. Harrison, J. Sloan Kuykendall, and others, with several ladies also listed. The Winchester gathering endorsed the records of Sen. Harry F. Byrd and Rep. Burr P. Harrison, both up for reelection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisonburg
Virginia
Roanoke
Winchester
C. M. Shannon
Mr. Jackson
H. F. Byrd, Jr
G. G. Baker
J. W. Hollis
Vincent Hollis
Eisenhower Farewell Visit to Belgium Amid Silence on Politics
Gen Dwight D Eisenhower made a farewell stop in Brussels avoiding public comments on U S political events. He noted surprise at a New Jersey primary turnout of under six hundred thousand and quickly proceeded to meet King Baudouin after a tense landing near the Belgian air force honor guard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussels
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Belgium
Paris
New Jersey
Air Force
King Baudouin
Celanese slows acetate production in all plants
Celanese Corp of America announces a temporary pause in cellulose acetate production at all its plants in Cumberland Maryland and elsewhere for a short period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland, Md
Celanese Corp. of America
Ingrid Bergman Letter Confession Filed In Court
Ingrid Bergman offered a love confession to director Robert Rossellini in a 1949 letter, filed with an affidavit as her first husband Peter Lindstrom sought to bar their daughter Ann from visiting Bergman in Italy. The note dated April 3, 1949, describes a plan altered by romance and marriage by proxy in Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Italy
Ingrid Bergman
Peter Lindstrom
Robert Rossellini
Lindstrom
Ann
Harriman Rises in Democratic Presidential Plans After Stevenson Refusal
W Averell Harriman Mutual Security Administrator gains momentum as a potential favorite son for New York in the Democratic race after Gov Adlai E Stevenson declines the nomination. Kefauver leads in New Jersey primary votes but faces uncertain payoff from the 32 delegates. Archibald S Alexander backs Stevenson, signaling complex intra party alignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Bell
Newark
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
W. Averell Harriman
Harriman
Mutual Security
New York
Stevenson
President Truman
Truman
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Kefauver
New Jersey
Chicago
Archibald S Alexander
Stevenson Refuses Dem Nomination as Eisenhower Gains Delegates
General Dwight Eisenhower increases delegate strength in New Jersey while Adlai Stevenson forgoes acceptance of the Democratic presidential nomination. Reports tie Truman's preferred successor to Stevenson, who had been seen as a potential choice for president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Adlai Stevenson
Ilinois
Dwight Eisenhower
New Jersey
Bester
Stevenson
Truman
Eisenhower
Taft
Stassen
MacArthur
Warren
Kefauver
Eisenhower Wins New Jersey GOP Delegates Lead
Eisenhower defeats Taft in New Jersey with a wide preference vote and claims about 31 of 33 delegates while Kefauver runs unopposed on the Democratic side. Taft officials call the result a moral victory and debate delegate allocations before the July nominating convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ilinois
Kefauver
Eisenhower
Robert Taft
Ohio
New Jersey
Estes Keefauver
Estes Kefauver
Taft
John D. M. Hameilton
Oale
Driscoll
Loudoun Jury Convicts Strosnider in Manslaughter Case
Leesburg Virginia Loudoun County Circuit Court jurors found Guy Edward Strosnider 28 of Mountain Falls guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the traffic death of Roy Quentin Mulkey Sr 66 of Arlington The judge referred the case to a probation officer for report and pending sentence after a one year jail term and a 500 fine were recommended by the jury
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leesburg
J R. H. Alexander
Guy Edward Strosnider
Mountain Falls
Strosnider
Loudoun County
Roy Quentin Mulkey &Sr
Arlington
Inoe Bation
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Milk Commission
Luray
Sanitary and
Haldeman
OPS
Offutt Air Force Base
Neck
Edward E. Bomar
U.S
Miss Dolan
Pi Delta Phi
National French
Mortar Board
Kappa Delta Pi
National Education Honorary
Munsan
U. N
Jasper
Lions Club
N.J
Gen. Morgan
Stephenson Lad
Kentucky
Gen
Miss Bergman
Rossellini
Mexico
York Inn
Bobby Painter & His Orchestra
Hodgson and Brown
E . Pat
Sherwin-Williams
N. Londons
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